Some of the factors considered in these guidelines include basic nutritional requirements, food component minimums, food variety, and amounts of food served in elementary and secondary school breakfast programs. Suggestions are made for serving foods that will appeal to young people. Samples of hot and cold menus are provided. Forms for evaluating…

This handbook provides detailed information about job sharing for both administrators and potential sharers who are interested in implementing this new work arrangement. It incorporates results of a survey of job sharing in health care organizations as well as interviews and contacts with health care providers. A section on employees and job…

Based mainly on interviews conducted at 14 federal agencies that had completed or were involved in software conversion projects, this publication provides guidelines for the entire process of software conversion. This is defined as the transformation, without functional change, of computer programs or data elements to permit their use on a…

This guide focuses on the job placement service program at Lewiston High School in Maine. It is designed as a workable model for other schools considering or establishing similar programs. A brief overview of personnel job descriptions and other items that should be addressed in designing policy is provided. Affirmative action guidelines of the…

This secondary level vocational administrator's manual is designed to increase awareness of cost-effectiveness analysis concepts, provide step-by-step procedures and analytical techniques for conducting a cost-effectiveness analysis study, and assist administrators in improving management skills by using appropriate information from the study in…

A driver-education approach within the reach of all school systems, even in less-affluent areas, is of concern to many administrators because a number of states have legislated or are considering mandatory driver education. In response to their needs, a comprehensive, cost-saving, and effective plan applicable to all local school districts has…

This document provides a step-by-step guide to assist administrators in implementing a career awareness development program on the elementary level. First the program is described by the four basic attitudes and ten overall objectives which underlie all the program activities. Then the administrative responsibilities are presented under the…

Characteristics of the cooperative approach which give this program advantages of low-cost, high-quality, flexible driver-training accessible to more students are: (1) use of technological teaching aids, permitting large class enrollment; (2) shared operating costs and capital investment among cooperating schools or systems; (3) reduced capital…

This booklet provides an overview of community education for those readers interested in developing a community education program. The content is contained in fifteen brief sections. The first section introduces the concept of community education. Section 2 presents a chart comparing the traditional school's use pattern to that of the community…

This second in a series of nine learning modules on instructional management is designed to give secondary and postsecondary vocational teachers general information and basic principles concerning responsibilities in handling and reporting financial matters. It also describes some generally useful procedures and forms for recordkeeping.…

This paper addresses developmental education programs as mechanisms for enhancing the survival rates of disadvantaged populations in higher education. Specifically, the paper identifies and discusses the critical dimensions of effective developmental education programs, including recruitment, admissions, diagnosis and prescription, orientation,…

This manual is designed for the administrator or coordinator responsible for implementing the World of Related Knowledge and Educational Development (WORK-ED) program in a school district. (The program is a career education course of study for ninth graders designed to enable students who have not chosen the traditional college prep high school…

Intended for use by secondary and postsecondary vocational instructors in organizing and conducting supervised occupational experiences for students, this handbook is divided into two parts. Part 1 covers planning and managing occupational experience programs and discusses the following topics: (1) basic definitions and objectives of an…